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PublishedJuly 28, 2022
The Maine Idea: A UMS chancellor living on borrowed time?
After a tumultuous three months, University of Maine System Chancellor Dannel Malloy, hired in 2019, has survived to fight another day – or another year, to be exact. Malloy has been in the crosshairs ever since a botched search ended up selecting, and hiring, a new president for the University of Maine at Augusta who’d […]
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PublishedJuly 28, 2022
Tom Purcell: The value of overbearing fathers
My father is turning 89 this week and he’s getting especially sentimental of late. The other day, from his hospital bed, he said he hoped he’d been a good father. He said these words with a hint of doubt in his voice. But he got the question backwards. The question he should be asking is: […]
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PublishedJuly 27, 2022
Freeport’s Community Day returns Aug. 19
Community Day will also allow RSU 5 families to receive donated back-to-school items
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PublishedJuly 27, 2022
Immigration experiences explored in Brunswick history center exhibit
Pejepscot History Center’s new exhibition, “Immigration Stories: Exploring the Diverse Cultural Heritage of the Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell Communities,” is now open. Curated by staff and volunteers — with contributions from local residents descended from immigrants — the exhibit includes historic photographs, textiles, maps, and a variety of objects, including a local musical star’s guitar […]
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PublishedJuly 27, 2022
Carl Golden: Time for Republicans to break from Trump
In the nearly 21 months since the last presidential election, millions of Americans have given the benefit of the doubt to former president Donald Trump as he unleashed a torrent of accusations that his defeat resulted from massive voter fraud, and in an honest process he’d have won a second term. The time has arrived […]
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PublishedJuly 27, 2022
From the Chamber: Gaming the systems, Part I
I’ve always been fascinated with the idea of wargaming. Not war itself mind you, but the concept of preparing for battle by creating scenarios that have not occurred in real life, and then playing out those scenarios using your real-life policies and relationships to see how these policies stand up to the rigor of the […]
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PublishedJuly 27, 2022
Elwood Watson: Justice remains elusive in Emmett Till’s murder
The saga of Emmett Till has once again returned to the public sphere. Till was a 14-year-old boy from Chicago who was visiting relatives in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, during the summer of 1955. He was kidnapped under cover at night, mercilessly beaten, shot, and thrown into the Tallahatchie River for having the “supposed audacity” to […]
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PublishedJuly 26, 2022
Biden fights talk of recession as key economic report looms
Facing a potentially grim report this week on the economy’s overall health, President Joe Biden wants to convince a skeptical public that the U.S. is not, in fact, heading into a recession. The Commerce Department on Thursday will release new gross domestic product figures. Top forecasts such as the Atlanta Federal Reserve’s GDPNow are predicting […]
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PublishedJuly 26, 2022
MaineDOT: Frank J. Wood Bridge replacement construction may start this year
Maine Department of Transportation’s announcement comes as the Federal Highway Administration confirms it is cheaper to replace the Brunswick-Topsham bridge than repair it.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2022
Guest column: Free meal programs help Maine kids enjoy summer to the fullest
During the school year, we often talk about the importance of making sure kids get the healthy meals they need to learn and grow. When kids are hungry, they can’t focus on their school work or on the interpersonal skills that classrooms develop. That’s why I’ve focused much of my work in Augusta on making […]
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